The Belmont Abbey baseball team wrapped up an 11-1 win in the suspended game two, and took the third and final game 4-1 at Barton this afternoon in taking a 2-1 edge in the three-game series. Abbey exited at 10-7 overall and 4-2 in the league while Barton stands 8-8, 2-4.

Belmont Abbey was leading Barton 10-1 at the end of six innings when the game was called because of darkness on Saturday. The Crusaders added one more run off the hot bat of Will Breslin in the seventh inning Sunday afternoon to claim an 11-1 win. Abbey erupted for 10 runs over the first four innings for a 10-0 lead. Four singles and a walk led to four runs in the first. In the second, Breslin belted a three-run homer. Two hit batsmen, a walk, a single and a groundout plated two runs in the third and the 10th run came in on two walks, a groundout and a sacrifice fly by Elio Rey in the fourth. Breslin hit a solo homer in the seventh to finish 4-for-5 with 5 RBI. Hunter Meekins (2-1) was the losing pitcher after getting chased in 1 1/3 innings, during which he allowed seven runs on six hits. Michael Raymond (2-1) secured the win in six innings of action. He yielded six hits and one unearned run while striking out three.

In the final game of the series, Belmont Abbey put two runs on the board in the first inning and never trailed. Carlos Vasquez, Alex Castellanos and Jay McConnell collected two hits apiece for Abbey, which outhit Barton 9-8. Vasquez doubled home two runs in the first, Castellanos homered in the fourth and Patrick Atwell tripled in a run in the sixth. Travis Holloman walked and eventually scored on a double play in the first for Barton's lone run. Neither team committed an error. Tyler Powell (1-2) scattered seven hits over 6 1/3 innings for the Crusaders. He walked one and fanned one. Senior Chris Hill (1-3) took the loss for Barton. He went 5 2/3 innings and allowed three runs on six hits. He struck out five and walked three.

The Crusaders are back in action Wednesday afternoon at 2:00 when they host Augusta State.